A A BUSINESS SITUATIONS

Company and job

Lesson code: 11JD-A38A-6A9K INTERMEDIATE
British English

1 Key words
Match the terms on the left with the definitions on the right:

1. founder a. a large company that does business in several different countries

2. annual turnover b. a part of a company that is owned by a person or by other company
3. shareholding c. a person who establishes an organisation
4. subsidiary d. a smaller company that is owned by another bigger company
5. division e. one of the sectors or groups in a business or organization
6. multinational corporation f. the amount of business that a company does in one year

2 Describing a company
Listen to a description of the Toyota Motor Corporation and complete the profile below.

Company Toyota Motor Corporation

Headquarters
Founder Kiichiro Toyoda
Year founded
Year of expansion to US
Employees
Subsidiaries
Turnover (2018)
Brands owned Lexus, Scion
Shareholdings Daihatsu Motors, Isuzu Motors and Yamaha Motors
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Now listen to a description of Inditex SA and complete the profile:

Company Inditex SA
Headquarters Spain
Founder Amancio Ortega Gaona
Year founded
Employees
Number of stores
Brands owned Zara, Pull and Bear, Massimo Dutti, Oysho and Stradivarius
Profit (2018)

3 Useful expressions
Study the following expressions used for describing a company. Listen to the recordings again and
tick the ones that you hear:

Headquarters
...is headquartered in... ...is based in...
History
...was founded in/by... ...was established in...
Employees
... has a workforce of ... people ... employs ... people
Size
... operates ... subsidiaries
...has shareholdings in ...
... has a ... per cent stake in ...
...runs ... stores worldwide
Market position
...is currently the world's largest...
...is the biggest ... in the world
...is one of the largest companies in ...
...has a ... per cent market share
Financial results
...achieved an annual turnover of... ...made a profit of...
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Study some more expressions for describing a company:

Competitors
Our main competitors are...
Customers/clients
Products: Our main customers are/include...
Services: Our main clients are/include...
Products
We produce/manufacture ...
Services
We provide/offer ...

Now describe your company, providing information about head office location, products/services,
number of employees, customers/clients, competitors, financial information.

4 Describing your job

Now listen to three employees of an IT distribution company called Xcel Systems describing their jobs.
Complete their profiles below.
Video

Anthony Smart Daniel Goldman Susan Clarke

Position: Managing director

Responsibilities:

Enjoys:

Doesn't enjoy
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5 Useful expressions
Complete the sentences from the recordings:

charge enjoy find job most

part quite responsibilities responsible what

I'm for cash flow/credit control/managing projects..

I'm in of developing the company's long-term strategy.
My include recruiting new employees and organising training for company staff..
It's also my to improve the company's working conditions.
On the whole, I my work.
What I like about my work is the responsibility, the challenge and of course the salary.
I my work very interesting.
One task I don't like is chasing money from late payers.
The I don't really like is the long hours.
I don't like so much is when I have to deal with a difficult employee.

Work in pairs. Describe your job to your partner using vocabulary from this lesson.

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